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CATIILIEMA ILAIBIDNIDN aia? 
VAR. SCHRCEDERE ALBA Sander 
CATTLEYA LABIATA, Lindl.: Pseudobulbis fusiformis clavatis varie sulcatis monophyllis, spatha plus minus evoluta simplici aut raro duplici, pedunculo 
uni-plurifloro, flore maxime expanso membranaceo, sepalis ligulatis acutis, petalis oblongis obtusiusculis raro acutis varie crispis, labello maximo oblongo varie 
trilobo, varie crispo, columna recta clavata, androclinii apiculo postico ligulato supra antheram flexo. 
CATTLEYA LABIATA, Lindl. Coll. Bot, t. 33; id. Bot. Reg,, t. 1859; Hook. Exot. Fl, IL, t.157; Bot. Mag., t. 3998; Hook. Cent. Orch, t. 28 ; 
Warn. & Will. Orchid Album, IL, t. 88, etc. 
EPIDENDRUM LABIATUM, Rchb. f, in Walp. Ann., VI, p. 313. 
Planta inter Orchideas forsan maxime polymorpha, pleiochroma. 
VAR. SCHROEDER, Sander, flore aperto, petalis latissime rotundatis obtusis crispulis, labello late rotundato crispo. 
CATTLEYA TRIANAI SCHROEDER, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., Apr. 16, 1887, p. 512. 
C. SCHROEDER ALBA, Sander, Gard. Chron,, July 28, 1888, p. 94. - 
This distinct and exquisitely fragrant Cattleya was originally described by Reichenbach, in 1887, as Cattleya Trianzi Schroedera Its author 
remarked :—“ You may easily distinguish it from genuine Trianzi, whose shape it has, by the extraordinary crispation of both petals and lip ; then by that 
well-known orange area of lip being unusually high, and reaching far more towards the apex of the lip. I never saw this in Trianei. The flowers are 
generally of a very light purple.” It has been doubted whether it should be classed with Trianzi at all, on account of the above-named and certain other 
differences. The flowers are almost always very delicately coloured, and without the rich purple front lobe of the lip so characteristic of that variety. They 
are also exquisitely fragrant. The foliage is said to be more glaucous ; also the plant does not begin to flower until Trianzei is nearly over, continuing until 
August. The specimens preserved at Kew were received in April, June, and August respectively, I have also reason to believe it comes from another and 
an isolated locality. Taking these facts collectively it seems more correct to call it Cattleya labiata Schroedere, leaving Trianzei out of the question 
altogether.. We have several well-marked geographical varieties of C. labiata, or as some prefer to call them subspecies, and I think this one more | must be 
added to the list. For horticultural purposes there is no doubt of its distinctness, while its beauty is universally admitted. The plant here figured is a most 
beautiful albino, which was imported with the typical form. It is pure white, with the exception of the yellow blotch on the lip, R. A. Rolfe. 
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Pollinia fronte et a latere visa. 
Tuis is undoubtedly the finest white Cattleya known. In addition to its snowy whiteness, it exhales an exquisite 
perfume, a well-bloomed plant being sufficient to scent a whole house. The flowers are of large size, with ample sepals 
and petals; these and the labellum are extraordinarily crispate, at once distinguishing it from all other Cattleyas. In 
the typical form the flowers vary from rosy-lilac to light purple; pure white-flowered forms being very rare, the many 
shades of colouring, coupled with its large size, delicious perfume, and free growth, render it a most valuable intro- 
duction. 
It has been dedicated to the Baroness Schréder, of The Dell, Staines, and is another of the many admirable kinds 
introduced from the United States of Columbia, where it was discovered about four years ago by one of our collectors, 
growing on trees on the margins of small woods, from whence we have received consignments of plants from time to 
time. Reichenbach ascribes its discovery to the son of Dr. Wallace, of Colchester, 
at an earlier date. 
The attention of the cultivator of this Cattleya is arrested by the “bluish” cast of colouring on the leaves and 
flower sheaths, differing entirely in this respect to any of the other forms of labiata. Its flowering season is from April 
to July, and its growing season through the late summer months, finishing up before winter, during which time the 
plants are resting. Throughout all the period when the plants are dormant a humid atmosphere should be maintained, 
but sufficient water only should be given to keep their pseudo-bulbs plump and green. When the flowers commence to 
develop, copious waterings may be given on fine days, always allowing the plants to become comparatively dry before 
re-watering, and in no case to allow them to get sour; live roots cannot exist for 
material. Care should also be taken to keep the plants perfectly free from insects 
soon destroy the beauty of the plants and flowers, and prevent their free and perfec 
but it was introduced by our collector 
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long in any decayed or water-logged 
—especially from yellow thrips, which 
t development. 
The great beauty in a Cattleya flower consists in its shape; in this respect C. Schroederae has no rival. The 
forms of C. labiata have nearly all well-formed and full sepals and petals, and a round, well-shaped labellum. The few 
kinds existing with narrow sepals and petals and loose, open lip, no matter how well coloured, can only be regarded as 
valueless, and absolutely offend the eye instead of exciting its admiration. 
Our plate was taken from a plant in the collection of Baron J. H. W. Schréder The Dell, Staines. 
